Sheriff’s Adult Detention Center Receives Health Care Accreditation

April 3, 2009

The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Center was honored
to receive re-accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional
Health Care (NCCHC) during a recent audit. The Sheriff’s Office has
maintained this accreditation since 1981. The accreditation process takes
place every three years.

The facility and its employees received 100% compliance with all of
NCCHC’s Standards of Health Services in Jails. The review ensures
compliance with numerous health and safety standards to include health
care services and support, special needs and services, and governance and
administration.

“To successfully pass all of the standards is a testament to the
dedication of the employees of the Sheriff’s Office,” said Health Care
Administrator Donna Mayne. “The nurses, mental health staff and deputies
are committed to providing quality health care in a clean, safe and
healthy environment.”

In its report, the NCCHC commended facility staff for their professional
conduct, assistance and candor during the course of its review. NCCHC’s
voluntary health services accreditation program is well known and
respected among the nation’s prisons, jails and juvenile detention
facilities. Close to 500 institutions participate in this program,
including most of the largest and most innovative in the country.

This is the second accreditation the Sheriff’s Office has received this
year. Last month, the agency received law enforcement accreditation from
the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission.